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The countermeasure is to prevent over current, but there is no countermeasure for low current.
Because over current can give damage on ignition coil or power TR while low current does not give big
problem with small secondary voltage and small ignition spark.
The reason why it is not a big problem is as
following.
The secondary voltage signal is almost similar at
each engine operating conditions, but generation
and destruction of instant high voltage is very
various. Especially, it is depending on combustion
chamber shape and engine operating conditions
(temperature, airflow and mixture condition) and
even with same conditions, it can not be regular.
Therefore, in my opinion, to investigate engine
condition with secondary voltage signal can give
only few information such as problem of spark plug
and coil wiring or decreasing of compression rate.
If you want to understand the combustion condition
exactly, you have to look at cylinder pressure.
Some of electric control unit maker and carmakerâs research center use the sensor that equipped inside
the spark plug to see cylinder pressure variation.
Back to main subject, in fact, to say no problem with small ignition energy is dangerous. To say exact
meaning, when engine is in idle at cold state (Coolant below -10ï°C), energy of approximately 1J is
required and energy of approximately 1 â 3mJ is required for warm-up engine with oxygen sensor
feedback control. And more energy is required during acceleration or for rich mixture or for lean mixture.
But normally required energy for warm-up engine is one-hundredths of cold engine.
As carmaker make there ignition system to get enough energy at cold state, if there is no trouble with
ignition system then there will be no big problem with low current at warm-up engine. Then what is the
effect when we limit over current on ignition system?
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